witchesreign | action ; library

[Old habits never die hard. Despite the fact that it's been years since he spent hours poring over book in the library, trying to learn every bit of information he could possibly need to know for that upcoming exam, the feeling naturally returns. It's a comfort to him, being able to adjust to his old learning habits just like that. Granted, Percy's never actually taught a class, but he's confident in his experience - his old Professors have been more than adept at indicating behaviors and mannerisms expected from his students.

With two classes to teach (relatively interesting ones too, he supposes), Percy's scrambling away, trying to adjust to a lesson plan that hopefully will touch upon all the necessary information and engage students in taking a more political approach instead of well... an aggressive one. So Percy's in the library, browsing through the history section for perfect examples to lead the class.]

Another country destroyed by intense warfare. How am I supposed to promote a peaceful solution when there's nothing but constant aggression?

[OOC: Backdated to just before classes began?]

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Of course. War is an entirely unnecessary option. Even more so when a threat is perceived exaggerated.

[Clearly he thinks you're delusional if you're in favor of this.]

Some people will willingly go to war for their cause. Unless that cause becomes moot, conflict will always arise.

[He nods, that's one thing they can definitely agree on.] I've seen that happen, it's a shame it's quite inevitable. People who further their cause though death and destruction should be caught as soon as possible, rather than let this persist.

[Snorts quietly.] And that doesn't sound violent and destructive to you? There you have it. The other side to a war.

Of course it does. It's when it's constantly furthered and no one does anything to actively seek out justice that bothers me. Must you really fight war with equal aggression?

The problem is where different ideas of justice come in.

I'm on the side that will do anything for my cause. We'd let peace be and bygones be bygones, but they took one of our own to execute as a scapegoat, and that's unacceptable.

Essentially, seeking revenge would perpetuate a constant cycle though. For someone who advocates peace, are you satisfied with such an event occurring?

I don't advocate peace.

So far as I'm concerned, the only way that could happen is they left us alone. They don't, so it won't happen. If we don't take a stand to protect our own, the rest will be in danger.

Dog-eat-dog world.

Apologies. You did seem to imply it though, or perhaps I was just projecting my own thoughts.

[He pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how to steer the discussion towards one he had been struggling with recently.]

What do you feel about an outside force that attempts to interfere? When they claim that their actions are done for the best of the community, even if those actions do not perpetuate warfare?

[Shrugs and briefly hesitates. It's getting too complicated to continue explaining his thoughts without using any specifics or actual explanation, so he sighs and eventually explains better in depth.]

Back in my world, my family had my youngest "brother" captured by an enemy. He was turned over to the government because they wished to use him as bait for the rest of us, and a scapegoat for his blood. My crew -- my family, our reputation throughout the world is that of protecting our own. Our enemies knew that holding him hostage meant we'd do anything to get him back, so that's what we did. Before Ace had been turned over, he had another friend -- a captain of a rival crew -- who wanted us to call Ace back. When the news came in that we were too late, Shanks -- our rival, agreed to hold back Kaidou -- another rival. In the war itself you could say there were two sides: my family versus the government. In actuality though, there were about 7 sides. My family, our allies, the government, the shichibukai -- ex-pirates working for the government, and then various others hoping to profit from the chaos by either killing my father or just sweeping up after the war.

Vengeance... [Marco's eyes go dark for a moment.] It's something ingrained in me. And no one will ever convince me that it's wrong, so save your breath. But towards the end, my family failed. We lost the very reasons we went in there for and if we continued to seek vengeance, then the rest of us would have died. My job is to protect them. No matter what. So when Shanks showed up, he made us all stop and pull back. To get out alive.

I don't know that I'd say he did it for the sake of peace or "community" as you put it, but there aren't many people I respect enough to listen to that thoroughly. Especially when I'd already lost two of them in that battle. It was an interference, but one that all sides accepted. My priority is to protect my own, their priority was to kill my father and brother and they succeeded. As for the rest, they weren't strong enough to interfere further or continue it.

[Rolls his shoulders to work out the tension. It's been over a year, so he's actually capable of talking about it now, but it's still a bother.] Does that help?

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